Michael Molloy, 18, from Woolton, Kerry Ogden, 23, from Maghull
, and driver Colin Daulby, 63, from Warrington, died when their coach crashed in Surrey as they returned from the Bestival music event on the Isle of Wight last year.

The public inquiry by the North West Traffic Commissioner was into the suitability of the coach operator, Speke-based Merseypride, to hold a licence to operate public service vehicles like buses and coaches.

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